Trent Reznor: Bonnaroo Was NIN's 'Last Show Ever' In US

Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor said from the stage during his group's Saturday (6/13) performance at Tennessee's annual Bonnaroo festival that the show would be NIN's last on US soil, according to published reports.

"It just dawned on me that this is our last show ever in the United States," the Associated Press quoted Reznor as saying. "Don't be sad. I'll keep going. But I think I'm going to lose my ... mind if I keep doing this, and I have to stop."

Reznor's remarks shouldn't come as too much of a shock; the musician announced in December that the group's just-completed North American outing, dubbed the "Wave Goodbye" tour, would be its last for the "foreseeable future."

In February, Reznor posted at NIN's website a message in which he wrote, "I've been thinking for some time now it's time to make NIN disappear for a while." He went on to describe the group's just-completed co-headlining run with Jane's Addiction as "a different way for you to see us and wave goodbye."

Thanks for the report to Livedaily.com.

Comments

[LifesSweetDrug]

R.I.P. NIN

I hope Reznor carries on creating music in one form or another.

[punXander]

guys, this article is sooooo misleading. NIN isn't calling it quits! The current band line up will not be the same but Trent will and forever be NIN. He's going away for a little while, but I am certain he'll be back in 6-7 years (assuming he's physically, mentally, and emotionally fit for it). Look at Ministry, yes they are gone for good now! But before they did there last run of records (ones since House of the Mole), that they didn't have a record before that for some time... anyways, my point is, to all you NIN fans, Trent will be back, and he will perform again, I can feel it, just not for the next few years!

[AEnima18]

Well, whether they call it quits or not, I'm still glad I'm seeing them in London with Jane's Addiction before they "disappear for a while" (or forever).

[Year Zero]

It was NIN's time, i love NIN but it's just not the same anymore as in the Downward Spiral days and Thr Fragile days. If Trent is making more upbeat music it doesnt belong in the NIN discography.

[mafoogles]

Year Zero wrote:

It was NIN's time, i love NIN but it's just not the same anymore as in the Downward Spiral days and Thr Fragile days. If Trent is making more upbeat music it doesnt belong in the NIN discography.

thats the stupidest thing i have ever read. trent is an artist, if he wanted to make a ****ing bubblegum pop album that was happy, it would still probably be genius. just because his music dosent sound like he's going to commit suicide all the time now dosent mean its not as good. it's good he's different now, because it would have gotten boring having him release the same thing over and over

[assparade69]

bye bye, beloved.

[gucio93]

mafoogles wrote:

Year Zero wrote:

It was NIN's time, i love NIN but it's just not the same anymore as in the Downward Spiral days and Thr Fragile days. If Trent is making more upbeat music it doesnt belong in the NIN discography.

thats the stupidest thing i have ever read. trent is an artist, if he wanted to make a ****ing bubblegum pop album that was happy, it would still probably be genius. just because his music dosent sound like he's going to commit suicide all the time now dosent mean its not as good. it's good he's different now, because it would have gotten boring having him release the same thing over and over

this. I'm also really bummed out because none of my friends are willing to pay $100 to go out and see him on the toronto date, and I can't go alone :sad:
I also think this may be trent's last tour as he said he's beginning to find it very monotonous and draining. Also he's said before that he finds bands like the rolling stones pathetic, still going even though they're past their prime. He's getting older now, and I think he's probably going to end up producing mainly and possibly releasing another nin cd or two just over the internet.

[darth awsome]

I was them last November on the Lights In The Sky tour. It was the most spectacular show I've ever been to. Not only did it sound just like the record but the lights alone were worth the price of admission.

[NightEmbers]

Damn NIN is gone and Limp Bisket and Creed is back

what kinda cruel sick world is this

[str84ever]

darth awsome wrote:

I was them last November on the Lights In The Sky tour. It was the most spectacular show I've ever been to. Not only did it sound just like the record but the lights alone were worth the price of admission.

sounding just like the record sucks.

if i wanted it to sound like just like the record i would stay at home put the cd on and stare at picture of them.

[AngryGoldfish]

As much as I love NIN, I never wanted to see them live, because I could tell Trent and co were concentrating too much on the fans, instead of what they wanted to do.

I'm glad he's decided to call it a day. A day has to end at some point. There is no point drinking all day - it just becomes routine - Music should always be alive.

[sukeyscorer]

he'll be back - at least doing a piano tour or something like that.
and he'll carry on with the nin projects like the Year Zero TV show and so on.
making music is a massive part of his life, even though he's getting married, there's no way he'll stop completely.

[Clutch32192]

I'm double sided on this
1.) i wish they would still tour, and be around forever
2.) but, I can see how that lifestyle can wear on you

great work NIN, yall deserve the break

[Quicksand15]

I'll see them live on saturday at Southside Festival in Germany!

He never said that he will call it a day! He just wants to stop touring and instead focus on writing new albums...NIN is not gone without any touring...
I kind of like his idea to be honest - and I think one day, he/they will be back on stage

[Jango22]

He said he won't be touring in the US anymore. That leaves Europe, Asia, Australia/NZ, Canada, Mexico, South America, and the poles that he'll still tour.

[renk]

Damn! if I'd known this I would've tried to catch one the NINJA shows

[DrFuzz]

NightEmbers wrote:

Damn NIN is gone and Limp Bisket and Creed is back

what kinda cruel sick world is this

I'll second that notion, even if the guy who actually likes Limp Bizkit and Creed doesn't.

[tands]

NightEmbers wrote:

Damn NIN is gone and Limp Bisket and Creed is back

what kinda cruel sick world is this

lol, sicker then any of us previously thought

[jsurf06]

this is no news, he said himself in other articles he's taking a long break to work on his next album. of course he's going to take time from touring if he plans on spending 2+ years on it. they'll be back ladies =p

[buddyboombotz]

NightEmbers wrote:

Damn NIN is gone and Limp Bisket and Creed is back

what kinda cruel sick world is this

Haha I love you.

[Shakalum]

good riddance. until next year. LOL.

[Vin2254]

mafoogles wrote:

Year Zero wrote:

It was NIN's time, i love NIN but it's just not the same anymore as in the Downward Spiral days and Thr Fragile days. If Trent is making more upbeat music it doesnt belong in the NIN discography.

thats the stupidest thing i have ever read. trent is an artist, if he wanted to make a ****ing bubblegum pop album that was happy, it would still probably be genius. just because his music dosent sound like he's going to commit suicide all the time now dosent mean its not as good. it's good he's different now, because it would have gotten boring having him release the same thing over and over

you missed his point. he didn't say that it would be bad, or that trent shouldn't make upbeat music. all he was trying to say was maybe he should release it under a different name or something. and i kind of agree. nine inch nails just isn't upbeat like that. but trent can and should do whatever he wants.

[FlyingPirahna]

FFFFFUUUUU-

Now I won't ever get the chance to se them.

[jplay5]

I was lucky enough to see them last week.
Besides that, NIN always take long breaks between albums. I wouldn't be surprised if the band (Trent Reznor) releases something again

[boreamor]

I see them at Sonisphere Should be great.

I respect Reznor a lot, and he's made a good decision. I wish NIN all the best.

[threedaysgrace9]

Last live thing from NIN. He said he's not done making music as NIN tho. I hope it's sincerely not the last show ever. Congrats to him gettin married soon tho.

[m_daly_123]

NightEmbers wrote:

Damn NIN is gone and Limp Bisket and Creed is back

what kinda cruel sick world is this

+100000

[bucketned]

what a wiener
not playing in the US anymore?
so when he does come back its only UK and whatnot or what?

[hawkdude9]

NightEmbers wrote:

Damn NIN is gone and Limp Bisket and Creed is back

what kinda cruel sick world is this

lol

[pinata89]

Trent will be back when he feels the time is right, or when he feels like he is obligated to come back and "save" the music industry. My friend and I were chatting the other day, and we both really couldn't believe how shitty music as honestly gotten. ALL Festival's suck these days, the opening acts for concerts are horrible (for the most part), and ticket prices have gradually increased as show quality has decreased.

Trent is the only person who realizes this and he does his best to distance himself from it--and does a pretty successful job of it, in my opinion. And I honestly see him coming back (in some form) when the NIN faithful least expect it.

The best thing to do now is support his decision to get married and be "normal," whereas we have thrived off his dark mindset that he's channeled into his music and placed his iron-stamp on Industrial Rock forever.

Just relax, he respects his fans as much as we respect him.

[element4433]

Checked.

[klynch]

god i really wish nin wasn't going away! to be fair to trent he has been doing nin music for the past 20 years straight. maybe he'll concentrate on more side projects or maybe produce a new jane's addiction album??? but it sounds like trent will still be making music, just not nin music.

[SoundOfDeity]

That is saddening news, but trent will be back
the world needs NIN
Respect trent, hopefully we'll see you again in the forseeable future
NIN FTW!

[zink10192]

NightEmbers wrote:

Damn NIN is gone and Limp Bisket and Creed is back

what kinda cruel sick world is this

lol, damn the good die young

[im not mental]

i really hope this is just a 6-year thing like the time between the fragile and with teeth.

[xXChimairaXx]

NightEmbers wrote:

Damn NIN is gone and Limp Bisket and Creed is back

what kinda cruel sick world is this

Cheap shot. Creed has some good songs, but Limp Bizkit is embarrassing.

[TheFallen1328]

Holy shit. I saw them a couple weeks ago. I guess I picked a good time to see them.

[ethic]

I was there! Although I was at the next tent over watching moe. for a little while before I went to sleep. God, they played a 5 hour set.

[ethic]

He should keep going. If he loses his mind, his music will be good again.

[Kai07]

well....good job NIN. You helped me pick up a guitar.

+1 to you guys.

[radioplay]

ethic wrote:

I was there! Although I was at the next tent over watching moe. for a little while before I went to sleep. God, they played a 5 hour set.

I heard moe. was closer to a 6 and a half hour set. I was actually at this NIN show,and it blew me away. I've seen endless amounts of concerts,and this makes the top 5. He played for 2 hours and 15 minutes. He didnt even do 'Closer' or 'Down In It' but it was still oh so very epic.

Also on a completely different note,Wilco was there too,and their performance would also make my top 5 best acts ever seen.

[guitarguru1393]

Saw them with JA in New Mexico. Be show ever in my opinion! All I can say is that it is one hell of a way to go out. Amazing show! R.I.P. NIN, we will miss you.

[LarksTongue67]

RIP NIN

Hopefully Trent will keep on creating music.

[LynchMobster]

Honestly, i dont think there is much to worry about. Trent used to take years and years before new albums came out. Pretty hate machine came out 5 years before the downward spiral, which came out 5 before the fragile, with came out 6 before with teeth. Year zero then took only 2 years, and now NIN has been very active. I wouldn't be surprised if he came back in 5 or 6 years announcing a new album. He said they were only dissapearing for a while anyways, so that means its not forever. And there will probably be more shows in the US in the future, the quotes were most likely in the context of the tour or for the next few years

[punkrocka93]

NOOOOO!!!!

[punkrocker22]

I'm kinda neutral on this, cause I kinda missed out on NIN, but I'm sure he will be back in a few years. also, tear a strip of me of you like, but I find Closer Hilarious!

[Dimebag Dave]

Not even a fan, but I've happend to see them live. Oh well.

[jdwilson223]

Trent Reznor is gonna retire like the Rolling Stones are gonna retire.

NIN is gonna be doing this till the day Reznore dies. I'm not worried at all.

[NorCalLos]

This dude is a good artist. He's also a colossal blowhard.

[NorCalLos]

I'm gonna start saying stuff like this at my work and see how it goes over. "Hi everyone...I just wanted to call this meeting to let everyone know Friday is going to be my last day working here. I'm retiring." Then they'll have a goodbye lunch for me on Friday, only to find that I've shown up to work as usual on Monday. That'd be sweet.

[life_247]

gucio93 wrote:

mafoogles wrote:

Year Zero wrote:

It was NIN's time, i love NIN but it's just not the same anymore as in the Downward Spiral days and Thr Fragile days. If Trent is making more upbeat music it doesnt belong in the NIN discography.

thats the stupidest thing i have ever read. trent is an artist, if he wanted to make a ****ing bubblegum pop album that was happy, it would still probably be genius. just because his music dosent sound like he's going to commit suicide all the time now dosent mean its not as good. it's good he's different now, because it would have gotten boring having him release the same thing over and over

this. I'm also really bummed out because none of my friends are willing to pay $100 to go out and see him on the toronto date, and I can't go alone :sad:
I also think this may be trent's last tour as he said he's beginning to find it very monotonous and draining. Also he's said before that he finds bands like the rolling stones pathetic, still going even though they're past their prime. He's getting older now, and I think he's probably going to end up producing mainly and possibly releasing another nin cd or two just over the internet.

Reznor should really shut up and just make music. Really the amount of douche points that man racks up as soon as he opens his mouth.

The Stones are one of the greatest live acts on earth (although NiN are pretty awsome live too). Idiot.

I reckon he wants to work on a new music buisness model and do more production.

[ElThomas]

give trent a break guys. he's been doing this non-stop for 20 years. if he wants to stop so he can be with his family, then he's totally allowed to. i love nin. im sad to see them go. but if they dont want to make music anymore then thats ok. if trent makes more music, ill buy it. if not, thats cool too. i have 20 years of nin recordings to satisfy my itch for a lil reznor

[Jinx_Moody]

NO NO NO NO!!! TRENT U CANT DO THIS TO ME! NIN is my favorite band of all time! Trent in a mastermind! The end of NIN is like a Death in the Family for me NIN got me threw everthing like come on now! First Ministry now NIN! with in a yr of each other? who is there left to take the Industrial Throne? Skinny Puppy? KMFDM? OR RAMMSTEIN?

[Noremak]

mafoogles wrote:

Year Zero wrote:

It was NIN's time, i love NIN but it's just not the same anymore as in the Downward Spiral days and Thr Fragile days. If Trent is making more upbeat music it doesnt belong in the NIN discography.

thats the stupidest thing i have ever read. trent is an artist, if he wanted to make a ****ing bubblegum pop album that was happy, it would still probably be genius. just because his music dosent sound like he's going to commit suicide all the time now dosent mean its not as good. it's good he's different now, because it would have gotten boring having him release the same thing over and over

but he did make a "bubblegum" pop album! its called "Strobelight" ;D

[niflag]

Yeah it was his last show in the U.S. ever. Just like M.I.A.'s bonnaroo show last year...

[Slap-happy]

Didn't one of Reznor's idols, David Bowie do exactly the same thing when Ziggy Stardust had reached what he saw a natural and logical conclusion over 35 years ago? Then he returned with Diamond Dogs.
Reznor has been unhappy with the state of the music industry for sometime and has found love, happiness and maybe even solace at last. Perhaps he genuinely believes that, right at this moment there is no future in being NIN any longer. Or maybe he feels that it is time to take a break (as mentioned previously).
Either way, I'm sure that Trent will return in the future in some musical capacity, whether he puts together another band like Tapeworm or RevCo somewhere down the line, or takes things in a completely different tangent (a lá Bowie?)

My personal opinion is that through disillusionment and a somewhat jaded view of the duplicity within the music industry, combined with the fact that (major) record labels still seem to be somewhat clueless in terms of how to deal with the developing technology around them, Trent is going to sit back and see what happens over the course of the next couple of years. He will have the opportunity to "settle down" wwith his new wife and take the time in order to plan and implement a new direction that will be conducive to the way in which he wants to operate within new and, as yet, undiscovered parameters.

[ethic]

radioplay wrote:
I heard moe. was closer to a 6 and a half hour set. I was actually at this NIN show,and it blew me away. I've seen endless amounts of concerts,and this makes the top 5. He played for 2 hours and 15 minutes. He didnt even do 'Closer' or 'Down In It' but it was still oh so very epic.

Also on a completely different note,Wilco was there too,and their performance would also make my top 5 best acts ever seen.

It's possible they played for six hours. I just know that I was so exhausted by the time they took the stage, I had to get back to my tent.

I caught Wilco. Good indeed. Although, my personal favorite performance was Ani Difranco. Phish + Springsteen was an historic event, too.

[RadioMuse]

NOOOOO!!!!!

He'll be back with it in ten years or something... I hope.

[TheIceCreamMan]

He's probably just gonna take a long break. Can you imagine playing the same songs over and over again every night of your life for a decade? No wonder he didn't play Closer, if I was him I'd despise that song with a passion by now.

[Shayne777]

i am so choked about this NIN is the best band ever

[Nightrain7]

So Robin Finck left GN'R to be in NIN, now there dissapearing.. hmmm sucks to be Robin

[GoWithTheFlow]

dont forget canada. we're not getting the birthday on christmas treatment. i demand nine inch nails closure.

[artnotapathy]

i was there. It was awesome.

[Scourge441]

Checked.

[Zynester-Zero]

oh thank goodness! the world will finally be rid of this horrible band and this horrible man! well.....until he runs out of money

good riddance N.I.N
x

[guitarsftw]

seems like Bonnaroo would have made more money if Reznor said that it would be the last US show BEFORE it happened. Bonnaroo organizers probably are little upset about this!

[Slap-happy]

Zynester-Zero wrote:

oh thank goodness! the world will finally be rid of this horrible band and this horrible man! well.....until he runs out of money

good riddance N.I.N
x

The point of that statement being what?

So you don't like NIN? Thanks. Your opinion has been duly noted and found to be irrelevant.

[ThePlanFan]

Sucks to be Ilan Rubin... leaves the Lostprophets to play for N.I.N, then N.I.N disappears. I suppose thats karma for you...

[vjferrara]

well... i was at bonnaroo and at the nin show. his words were "last show ever". not saying it is or isn't. that's what he said though

[Ciaphas]

Trent Reznor IS NIN.
He said that NIN is just going to be a studio band for the foreseeable future.
I hope that he decides to tour again at some point because NIN shows are/were awesome.

[Gsh]

Bonnaroo was amazing! The Nine Inch Nails show was incredible! I was just to Trent's left. Would've been against the barrier but I was against this girls ass ; . Much nicer than being against pressed against those damn metal bars. Of course Trent will still make music. And I really don't think he'll NEVER play a show on US soil again. Just not for a very long time. Which is fine by me. Dude has been working his ass off for a while now. Thanks for all your hard work Trent. We love it. Right now I just want to see The Mars Volta in concert again.

[metal_licka]

gucio93 wrote:

this. I'm also really bummed out because none of my friends are willing to pay $100 to go out and see him on the toronto date, and I can't go alone :sad:
I also think this may be trent's last tour as he said he's beginning to find it very monotonous and draining. Also he's said before that he finds bands like the rolling stones pathetic, still going even though they're past their prime. He's getting older now, and I think he's probably going to end up producing mainly and possibly releasing another nin cd or two just over the internet.

You can't go alone? Why the hell not?

[kellen.dobmeier]

I'd probably give a shit if NIN didn't suck.

[Ali-b912]

Jango22 wrote:

That leaves ...(blah, blah, blah)... and the poles that he'll still tour.

He'll play (and probably record) in the Antarctic. Even if he wasn't going to, he'll probably read this and do it.

[lilscooter11]

ThePlanFan wrote:

Sucks to be Ilan Rubin... leaves the Lostprophets to play for N.I.N, then N.I.N disappears. I suppose thats karma for you...

Good point...did they ever find a new drummer? He tracked the drums, so they might take him back :P

I've decided to get a Sonisphere ticket for Knebworth, I want to be at NIN's final UK show, and what better way with that line-up!

[Echoplex]

If he starts up Tapeworm with MJK it would be sick as f*cK!!!!

[reelbigfish432]

Man, can't wait until Sonisphere, NIN will rock my face off my skull. Here's hoping anyway.

[Shuei5]

How i hate that i'm gonna miss the last concert. I hope he'll be back some day with NIN, and i'm looking forward to whatever he does next

[zapatasgun89]

i guess i'm the only one that's pumped that i don't have to hear about Reznor for a while...